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"Are you for real? touting Socialism?
Have you actually looked at the unemployment figures in France? They have double digit unemployment and the workers who do have jobs are taxed beyond comprehension.
(You must be Canadian)"

No, I am French, and American.
I have looked at the employment figures in France, and in America, and compared them, and thought about this for many years. I have looked and experienced education in the two places, looked at and experienced health care in the two places ... there is a great deal of political propaganda and half-truth that flies about on issues such as this.
America imprisons the underclass. In France, the incarceration rate is one-eighth what it is in America. Things that the underclass are imprisoned for in America, they are not imprisoned for in France. This means that petty crime in France, and hooliganisme, is higher and worse than in the USA by a significant margin. It also means that French unemployment statistics are higher, because the same class that populated US prisons, some 2.1 million people, is actually in the French workforce and unemployed, and reflected in the statistics, as opposed to in prison and unemployed, but not reflected in the statistics.

"In France, the incarceration rate is one-eighth what it is in America. Things that the underclass are imprisoned for in America, they are not imprisoned for in France."

Helps to explain that burning Citroen problem.
But can I ask, why are you here? So many people come to this country from Europe and immediately complain because things like free medical care aren't available. Why did they leave, say, Sweden? High taxes. Some people can't see the forest or the trees.

You are a dyed in the wool socialist. Are you against criminals being incarcerated ? I think we need to imprison even more people in the USA and send a strong message that criminal behavior will not be tolerated.

The underpinnings of a socialist model sap the human spirit and creativity and entrepreneurship which is the root of all growth in an economy. France has produced a risk averse entitlement mentality culture which can never compete with a free enterprise system. The best and brightest from the world come to the USA for a reason. .No ambitious person in their right mind would ever go to France. It is amazing that you live in the USA and can't see that our model provides people with the best environment for pursuing their dreams and being self reliant. Socialism has failed every where it has been tried and yet people like you continue to taunt it. I guess Human stupidity knows no bounds.

Interesting. I'll probably get flamed for this, but, having experienced both, I prefer the health care system in France. People back home are truly surprised when I tell them how efficient and patient-friendly it is.

Where in France are you from? I'm in Poitiers. (Originally from Louisiana.)